Juan de Pando y Estrada
Juan de Pando y Estrada (died 1688) was a military officer from Spain who governed Cartagena de Indias, in present-day Colombia. He took office in November 1683 and was suspended in November 1686.[1]
Career and coastal defence
Pando's military service began in 1649. Before travelling to Cartagena he held office in northern Spain and investigated contraband at Bilbao.[1]
In December 1683 he sent three vessels used in the slave trade against the buccaneer known as Lorencillo, or Laurens de Graaf, who was operating near Cartagena. The vessels were captured. Historian Nicolás del Castillo Mathieu also credits Pando with arranging the construction of a galley and a smaller galley-type vessel, and advancing work on Cartagena's fortifications.[2]
Investigation and death
In 1686 the official Francisco Carcelén investigated accusations that Pando had participated in prohibited trade with Dutch slave traders. Pando denied wrongdoing, arguing that imported supplies had been needed to prevent a food shortage. Carcelén removed him from office and imprisoned him in Cartagena's Castillo de Santa Cruz. Pando died there in 1688.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ones, Synnøve (2000). The Politics of Government in the Audiencia of New Granada, 1681–1719. PhD thesis, University of Warwick, chapter 3, pp. 127–133, and appendix II, p. 360.
- ↑ Castillo Mathieu, Nicolás del (May 1997). “La piratería a fines del siglo XVII: Asedio de Cartagena por el Barón de Pointis”. Credencial Historia, no. 89. Readable reproduction. In Spanish.